Being One

After leaving class I thought a great deal about the comment made about incest and the concept of being one. This struck me as strange for two reasons. One - I had not given it much thought. Two - this is only in the physical sense. 

Although I cannot claim to have any brothers and sisters for I am an only child, that doesn't mean that there are not moments in my life when I have been completely one with someone, but not in the physical sense more instead in the mental capacity. Is it truly necessary to view "being one" with someone only in the physical aspect of life? Can it not be mentally as well? 

I will not claim to have perfect relationships (as a broken engagement and a called off wedding do tell) but there have been times with my close friends, those I have known for many years, where there is no talking involved yet even being miles away you know when something has happened even though no words are spoken. It is a feeling...when it's something horrible it is a gut wrenching feeling, when it is something good a strange exhilaration when, even though you have no idea why, it brings a smile to your face. Example, my good friend is currently over in Iraq and I'm really not able to talk to him much except via e-mail and I get the occasional call. However, this past week I had gotten a gut-wrenching feeling that literally made me sick that something had happened. I knew that he wasn't dead, but something had happened. I e-mailed the moment this happened and received no response (not too unusual until it went on for 3 days...very unusual). Finally got a call and the feeling subsided, but this is in no way being one with someone in the physical sense because he's literally half a world away. Yet, I knew that something had happened and everything wasn't OK. 

In my opinion (obviously could be way off) the physical sense of "being-one" is important, but I think that on the deeper level it is more important to be one with someone in an emotional/mental capacity. This level is much more personal than physical and although physical is great, I don't think that they stand on the same level. I think that the twins may have jumped into something that (yes I'm sorry still slightly weirded out by the idea) was only being one on a much lower level instead of working to elevate it to the level it once was.